Emma de Normandie
- Born: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
- Married (1): 5 Apr 1002, Winchester Cathedral, London, England
- Married (2): 2 Jul 1017
- Died: 6 Mar 1051/2, Winchester Buckley, Hampshire, England
- Buried: Cathedral Winchester, London, Middlesex, England
 General Notes:
30 x great-grandmother
Research Notes:
Twice Queen consort of the Kingdom of England by marriage, first (1002-1016) to king Ethelred the Unready and then (1017-1035) to Canute, king also of Denmark and Norway. Two of her sons - one by each husband - and two step-sons also became king of England, as did her great-nephew, William the Conqueror.
Upon the Danish invasion of England in 1013, Emma took her sons by Ethelred - Alfred and Edward - to Normandy, where they remained upon her return to England to marry Canute, now king of England following the death of Ethelred and his son (her step-son) Edmund II Ironside.
Following Canute's death, Alfred and Edward returned in 1036, possibly in an attempt to overthrow Canute's illegitimate son Harold Harefoot, who had established himself as ruler in the absence of Harthacanute, son of Canute and Emma. Alfred was captured and died after being blinded, while Edward escaped to Normandy, followed by his mother.
The death of Harold in 1040 and the accession of the more conciliatory Harthacanute paved the way for Edward's return to England the next year as co-ruler and (1042) king on Harthacanute's death. Emma returned to England and was pushed aside by Edward, as she supported Magnus the Noble, not Edward. (She is not known to have had any love for her children from her first marriage.) Emma's marriages and subsequent role forged the link between England and Normandy which was to culminate in her great-nephew William of Normandy's invasion of England in 1066.
Marriage Information:
Emma married Æþelræd II Unræd, King of England, King of England, son of Eadgar "The Peacable", de Wessex, King of England and Queen Ælfrida (Ælfthryth) of Devon, on 5 Apr 1002 in Winchester Cathedral, London, England. (Æþelræd II Unræd was born about 968 in Wessex, England, died on 23 Apr 1016 in London, Middlesex, England and was buried in St Paul's, London, Middlesex, England.)
Marriage Information:
Emma also married Canute (Cnut) II "The Great" Svensson, King of England, son of Sveyn I "Forked-Beard" Haraldsson, King of Denmark, and Swietoslava (Sygryda) "The Haughty" Piast, Queen of Sweden, Norway & Denmark, on 2 Jul 1017. (Canute II "The Great" Svensson was born about 995, died on 12 Nov 1035 in Shaftesbury, England and was buried in Old Minster, Winchester Cathedral, Eng.)
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